My husband and I purchased our 3 bedroom/2.5 bath townhome {actually, we bought a corner lot inside of a gated subdivision and it was built and completed one month before we got married} in February of 2009. We have lived here for one year and nine months. We enjoyed the process of picking out our custom selections like our hardwood floors, deciding on our paneling and crown molding placement, and also somewhat designing our kitchen in terms of selecting our cabinets, backsplash, and granite countertops. We also got to select the types of cabinets we wanted in our bathrooms, along with the tile, and all the aesthetic finishes as well. This has been a great starter home for us and no matter how beautiful, or how much larger, our next home may be, this one will always be the first place that we called "home" together as it has held so many wonderful "firsts" for us - and our little girl.
On the floor in our entry way is this rug that I purchased from {? - I can't remember}. Probably because I purchased a few different rugs, from a few different stores, before deciding that this one was "it"! I loved the pattern, the warm rich tones, the size of it, and how nice it felt under my feet!
Inside of our entry way is a bench adorned with some pillows on it. This bench was the first piece of new furniture that we purchased for our new home. I wanted the entry way to have a bench not only because it's visually pretty, but because it allows us, and our guests, to have a place to sit for taking on and off our/their shoes.
I hung this tassel on our coat closet door to bring some color to the all white facade. A small, inexpensive embellishment sitting pretty on a door handle.... 
When we moved in, I wondered what I would do with the huge long wall on the left. The builder of our home didn't do a model home of the floor plan that we chose {which always gives you nice decorating ideas} so I mulled it over for a while. I found a very large, pretty picture and hung it in the center of the wall, and placed a sconce {that holds candles} on both sides of the glass picture.
My color scheme was originally earth tones but I started to pull in color here and there and saw how it brought to life our place. I love the piece below on the right - a ROSS find for just $10.
We have a little nook by our staircase where we placed a desk. It was the perfect spot for it to go. Many envelopes have been addressed there!
If you spotted the black wall sconce with the floral arrangement on it, here's a close up....
Back to the desk area, and more pictures of it...
The door that you see below on the right is technically our "pantry" but in all actuality, it's a very large space, that goes all the way back under our staircase, and we use it as storage. It's where our board games are, it's where we store things like lightbulbs, batteries, etc., - it's where I put my holiday decor, my many white ceramic dishes, bins that have Ilah's birthday party decor inside {!}, etc. It's a great space to have!
Above the back door {that leads to the garage} I hung this florentine accent piece...
Next to the desk area is our downstairs half bathroom....
So now that you're out of the bathroom {so to speak}....
I hope you've enjoyed the tour thus far! Next week we will see the kitchen!Have a great Monday!!
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